Beautifully crafted, Bob!
Bob you have done it again. Done what you ask. Created a master piece!!!!A visitor asked me to make a treasure box for her.
Easy, yes?
No.
I made the box quite easily, but then realised that a REAL treasure chest has brass bands around it. I'm going to make my own bands with hinges built in so i have to wait a month for the brass banding as none is available here.
So as this is a bandsaw box, i had this large centre piece of scrap.
i made another treasure chest. Damn, this also is big enough to warrant brass banding.
I still had a smaller centre piece, so again with the bandsaw and now i have daddy box, mummy box and baby box.
Before I flocked the insides they all fitted like russian dolls.
The baby box is too small to have brass banding so thats the only one complete at this stage
Made of Bubinga, ply, walnut, and a large lump of teak in the middle.
baby box was too narrow to support more bubinga so i just added walnut end pieces to her.
Looking at them again, they look like lunch box latches, turned upside down. Not sure, but seem to recall Lee Valley has those.Looking in the big box stores around here, I couldn't find latches like you've used. I'd like plain metal ones for tool storage boxes.